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For many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban
future. Global anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social
fracture, environmental degradation, escalating crime and violence,
and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty, are projected
onto this city as a microcosm of things to come. Decision-makers in
cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and
administrative realities with growing demands for political,
economic and social justice. This book investigates pragmatic
approaches to urban economic development, service delivery, spatial
restructuring, environmental sustainability and institutional
reform in Johannesburg. It explores the conditions and processes
that are determining the city's transformation into a cosmopolitan
metropole and magnet for the continent.
Urban growth in Africa is higher than anywhere, but, unlike earlier
urbanization trends in the industrialized world, it is not being
accompanied by economic growth. The result is a continent that
boasts high levels of poverty, inequality, and the highest
proportion of urban slum dwellers anywhere. Africa has the least
developed institutional architecture and infrastructure on an urban
scale, hindering the ability to put into place the appropriate
policy, regulatory, and fiscal environment necessary to address the
social challenges of rapid urbanization. This book examines
Africa's urban growth issue. (Series: Carl Schlettwein Lectures -
Vol. 6)
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